The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare the treaty on mercury (INC1) took place 31 October- 4 November, 2011 in Kenya.
Numerous representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part in the INC3.
INC3 NGO team
Please see IPEN’s Initial Views on the Draft Mercury Treaty Text:Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Please see the IPEN’s Press Release at the culmination of the INC3: UN Delegates Struggle with the True Cost of Mercury
Please see IPEN’s press release from 31st October 2011:
UN delegates tackle the true cost of gold: High gold prices vs. child labor and toxic contaminated sites
Below, please find IPEN’s poster on the True Price of Gold and pictures from the Gold Coin Action organized by IPEN at INC3 (click to enlarge):
IPEN INC3 intrventions:
31-10-2011 Opening_Statement by IPEN (Manny C. Calonzo)
31-10-2011 Opening statement by ISACI (Imogen Ingram)
31-10-2011 Joint Statement IPEN, Human Right Watch and Global Indigenous People Caucus On ASGM and large-scale mining
01-11-2011 IPEN Statement on Mercury Trade Related to ASGM
01-11-2011 IPEN intervention on Waste (under Article 13)
01-11-2011 IPEN – ZMWG joint intervention on Storage (Dr. Shahriar Hossain)
03-11-2011 IPEN GAIA HCWH ISACI WFPHA GIPC Joint Intervention on NIPs
